Hello All, I could use some help with the alignment/calibrating of my az/el rotor to my rotor controller.
I followed the G5400B manual instructions and set the rotor and antennas to the full south position. The meter indicated full stop at the south position as well. I then depressed the azimuth control to bring the rotor around 360 degrees back to south. The first 5-10 seconds, the antennas moved and the meter needle was not moving. However, when the rotation was complete, although the antennas were pointed south, the meter stopped just a couple degrees away from south, so I used the rear pot adjustment to zero it.
I then swung the other way attempting to go back to my starting position. After the meter hit full stop at south in the original position, I looked at the antennas and they were about 45 degrees short of full south.
According to the manual, I followed the steps correctly, but no matter what I do, I cannot get the meter to always accurately reflect where the antennas are actually pointing.
Can anyone tell me what might be wrong?
Thank you,
Tim K6TW